Boris Parad
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Northbrook, IL
- Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff (50%),
- Workers' Compensation: Claimant (30%),
- Civil Litigation: Plaintiff (10%),
- Intellectual Property (10%)
- English,
- Ukrainian,
- Russian
Traumatic brain, spinal, and other incapacitating injury cases constitute the core of firm’s trial practice for 30+ years. The firm secured multi-million dollar verdicts and judgments on behalf of its clients in Illinois, Michigan, and Colorado state and federal courts. A disruptive international litigation precedent has been set by the firm-prosecuted European cause of action, i.e. Belarus courts’ recognition and enforcement of American state court $733,000 judgment.
Boris Parad’s engineering expertise helped the firm’s clients (to prove wrongdoers’ liability) to obtain significant recoveries in complex product defect, pedestrian knockdowns, motor vehicle crashes, nursing home neglect, fall-downs, watercraft collisions, breach of contract, construction site accidents and other civil litigation matters. He is a member of the U.S. Patent Bar since 1980. Boris and his staff’s fluency in Russian and Ukrainian result in mutually developed rapport with clients and facilitate the claims’ litigation / arbitration, mediations and settlements.
Parad Law Offices’ achievement record speaks for itself.
About Boris Parad
Admitted: 1979, Illinois
Professional Webpage: http://www.paradfirm.com/principal
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Licensed patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1980
Bar/Professional Activity:
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2007
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982
- State of Illinois, 1979
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 1980
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois – Federal Trial Bar, 1997
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Federal court - Prisoner’s personal injury claim, 2018
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- “Historic Precedent: Belarus Courts Enforce U.S. Court Judgment,” US-Belarus Observer
- "Industrial Espionage: Business Protection Guide," Trade Secret Law Reporter; Handelsblatt Weltwirtschaft, Germany; and Corporate Counsel's International Adviser
Verdicts/Settlements:
- $3.5 million settlement of a pedestrian’s traumatic brain injury claim
- $8.1 million Michigan federal jury’s trial verdict – investor fraud and RICO claims (the judgment was 27 times the amount proved to be pocketed by the racketeering enterprise)
- $58.39 million Colorado federal court judgment - investor fraud, conversion and RICO claims (the judgment was 29 times the misappropriated amount)
- $1.5 million settlement - vehicle crash - claim of aggravation of pre-existing condition
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Inventor - U.S. Patents: "A Dispensing Container," "Dual Compartment Bottle," and "Combined Key and Document Case."
- Disruptive International Litigation Precedent: Belarus courts’ recognition and enforcement of American state court $733,000 judgment
- Corporate and private practice– IP law, licenses, patent / trademark application prosecution
- Engineering experience in the Soviet Union and U.S.A. (design of nuclear power stations)
Educational Background:
- Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture a/k/a Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute, 1970
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Last Updated: 9/17/2019